September/October 2021

Scotland Magazine

Celebrating Scotland across the world

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Scotland Magazine
Editor Sally Coffey Production Editor Jenny Rowe Consultant Editor Roddy Martine Art Editor Clare White PR Requests pr@chelseamagazines.com Contact Stacy Knoud stacy@contactpublicity.co.uk Chairman Paul Dobson Managing Director James Dobson Publisher
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Editor’s Letter
My favourite way to travel is by train: all you have to do is sit back and watch the world pass by your window before alighting at your designated station, feeling fully rested. There’s no traffic, no chance of getting lost, and you can stretch your
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Rare Rob Roy
To celebrate the 250th anniversary of Sir Walter Scott, The Folio Society has released a limited edition of his historic novel Rob Roy, with special illustrations by renowned artist June Carey. Featuring a foreword by Outlander author Diana Gabaldon,
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Where Mountains Meet Moors
For people travelling on the West Highland Line, one of the world’s most awe-inspiring rail journeys (see page 14), the Bridge of Orchy Hotel is an ideal place to stop and take it all in before re-joining the route. Located just to the north of the L
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The Prince At The Palace
As an additional treat for visitors to the Palace of Holyroodhouse this year, there is a special exhibition on the life and legacy of HRH The Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh. Starting with his early life and naval career, the exhibition includes ite
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Listen Up
Want to immerse yourself in Scottish-storytelling, visit parts of Scotland that you’ve never been to before without leaving home, or just pick up some tips for your next trip? Kathi Kamleitner, who has travelled Scotland extensively over the past sev
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Driving Ambition
D&E Coaches has provided bus services to some of the most remote corners of the Highlands over the past couple of decades. Now, the company is branching out to off er scenic tours, providing new links with some of the region’s most popular attraction
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New Life For Cleared Village
Community groups in the north Highlands are considering a land buyout, which could bring people back to land last inhabited over 200 years ago when its residents were forced out. The North Sutherland Community Forest Trust (NSCFT), Bettyhill, Strathn
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Magical Memories
Twenty-five years ago, Paul and Katriona Goode felt like king and queen of the castle when they got married in the ballroom at Floors Castle, so when Covid-19 put paid to silver anniversary plans for a big get-together or special holiday, they decide
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Dates For Your Diary
1-4 October 2021 CULZEAN BY THE SEA, AYRSHIRE A new willow sculpture trail has opened around Culzean Castle & Country Park as part of Scotland’s Year of Coasts and Waters 20/21. nts.org.uk 15-31 October 2021 ALFRED DUNHILL LINKS CHAMPIONSHIP, ANGUS &
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Notes From The Isles
This morning, as I watched an oyster catcher strutting along the beach and a heron eyeing the water for fish, a fellow dog-walker approached. His summer had been ruined, he moaned: Covid restrictions meant he’d had to cancel a Mediterranean holiday.
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We’ve Got Mail
My name is Magie, and I’ve been reading Scotland for just over a year now. I first visited Scotland in 2019 with my boyfriend David and we loved it so much we planned an immediate trip back in 2020. Of course, we all know how that went. Your magazine
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Making Tracks
Earlier this year I travelled by Caledonian Sleeper train from London to Fort William with a friend. We boarded the train at 8.30 on a Sunday evening, ordered a glass of bubbles each to our cabin – sadly the Club Car was still out of bounds due to th
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Plan Your Railway Adventure
With overnight trains six nights a week (not Saturdays), the Caledonian Sleeper will whisk you all the way from London to Fort William. sleeper.scot From April to October, travel the final section of the West Highland Line aboard this vintage steam t
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ELIZABETH of GLAMIS
On an overnight visit to Glamis Castle in the early 19th century, Sir Walter Scott wrote, “I began to consider myself as too far from the living and somewhat too near the dead.” No such thoughts troubled the future bride of King George VI, Her Majest
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Old Versus New
In Scotland, the terms ‘craft’ and ‘artisan’ suggest authenticity, and consumers of alcoholic liquids pay good money for drinks labelled such. The words suggest the spirit is hand-made, a small production, and probably uses old-school distilling tech
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Tasting Notes
■ The first whisky of this issue is Aberfeldy 16 Years Old. This is rich and quite full-bodied with aromas of rhubarb crumble, honey and white chocolate; with water the nose opens with some sooty smoke, toffee apple and a little pepper. The flavour i
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Military Precision
Scots have served with distinction in the British Army for centuries, and in the process have generated many records that can be used to research their careers and periods of military action in which they may have been engaged, or in which they may h
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The House Of Stuart
While in England the Stuart dynasty did not begin until the Union of the Crowns in 1603, the family ruled the Scots from 1371, which makes 2021 the 650th anniversary of Robert II’s founding of the supreme House of Stuart. The son of Marjorie, the eld
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The King Of Metal
The ancient art of blacksmithing has been around for centuries. In Scotland during the medieval period, blacksmiths were highly regarded and a staple of every town. Following the Industrial Revolution, the Scottish United Operative Blacksmiths’ Prote
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A Magical Mystery Tour
Scotland is a land of myths and legends, shape-shifting creatures and cautionary tales. These stories have enraptured listeners young and old for centuries, drawing people close around the fireside with fear, passion and wonder in their eyes. The pul
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MacRobert’s REPLY
Douneside, an elegant country retreat in Cromar, Aberdeenshire, on the edge of the Cairngorms National Park and just 20 miles from Balmoral, may not be the oldest of Scotland’s historic houses but its story, and particularly the reason you can stay h
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For The Islands He WROTE
Many writers are identified with specific places. Take Thomas Hardy and Dorset, and William Wordsworth and the Lake District, for example. However, perhaps no author has been so intimately associated with their locale as George Mackay Brown. For Mack
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The Bonnet Toun
Stewarton in east Ayrshire has been known in Scotland as The Bonnet Toun (town) for centuries. Records show that the bonnet trade existed by 1650, but it is likely that woollen bonnets were being knitted in and around the town well before that. The h
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Under Attack
The Second World War German U-boat campaign posed a major peril to the Allies. Great Britain, being an island nation, was the one most threatened. Since most supplies needed to keep the United Kingdom functioning had to be shipped in, U-boats sinking
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Life In A Fishbowl
Aberdeen has, somewhat unfairly, acquired a reputation over the years as a grey, dreary place. Unable to shake this image and despite plenty of evidence to the contrary, artistic Aberdonians have increasingly made their creative endeavours public-fac
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The King & Kerr
If truth be told, we probably all wish we could romp illicitly and passionately amidst crashing waves on a Hawaiian beach. A lass hailing from Glasgow’s Hillhead did precisely that, albeit in a movie, and it’s possibly still the scene she’s most reme
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The Story Behind…
When I was asked to write songs about Govan – a southwesterly district in Glasgow – for Live Music Now Scotland, I was slightly panicked. There are only so many songs one person can write about Ibrox and the Glasgow Rangers for which it is most famou

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